NOC maintains fuel supply amid disruption
Summary
Nepal Oil Corporation is diverting fuel and LPG transport through alternative routes to keep supplies flowing to Kathmandu Valley after flood damage blocked a section of the Prithvi Highway. Delays, heavy traffic and higher transport costs have also pushed up the price of a cooking gas cylinder by Rs. 105.
Key Points
- नेपाल Oil Corporation has shifted petroleum product deliveries to Kathmandu Valley onto alternative routes after flood damage blocked the Prithvi Highway at Krishnabhir.
- NOC says petrol and diesel supplies are continuing, though transport via Tribhuvan Highway takes 13–14 hours longer than usual and faces heavy traffic.
- LPG supply has become more difficult, with companies filling cylinders in other districts and transporting them to Kathmandu by truck.
- The increased transport cost has raised the price of a filled cooking gas cylinder in Kathmandu by Rs. 105 to Rs. 2,165.
